PRACTICE B. WORKSHEET 2
Identifying Sentence Fragments
DlntCnOruS Determine which of the following word groups are sentence
fragments and which are complete sentences.
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If the group of words is a fragment, write F.
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1. Antarctica has the highest average elevation of the seven continents.
2. No native people on Antarctica.
3. Because it is too cold.
4. Although scientists and other workers live in Antarctica for about ayear at a time.
5. These people there to study many things.
6. Examine the ozone laye1, sleep patterns, and fish survival in subzero temperatures.
7. Ninety-five percent of Antarctica covered with ice.
8. Antarctica approdmately
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world's fresh water in its ice'
g. Even though Antarctica is covered in ice and snow it can be considered a desert.
10. A desert an area that gets very iittle precipitation.
11. Antarctica receives only two inches of rain each year'
12. Also has very high winds.
13. Sometimes winds as high as 200 miles per hour'
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Application
A. Proofreading for Fragments and Run-Ons
Rewrite this paragraph, correcting each fragment and run-on. You may add words
to any fragment to make it a sentence, or combine it with another sentence. To
correct a run-on, you may either separate the sentences or jotn them correctly.
The marn food of the Aztecs. A thin cornmeal pancake called a tlaxcalli.
ln Spanish, this food is called a tortilla the Aztecs wrapped these pancakes
around meat and vegetables to make facos. Created a drink made with
chocolate. This was one of their favorite drinks only the wealthy could afford it
often. These foods, developed by the Aztecs. Have become popular all over
the world.
B. Recognizing and Revising Fragments and Run-ons
Read these notes one student wrote to use in a report. First frgure out what the
writer was going to say, and then use the information to write a paragraph. Use
complete sentences instead of fragments and run-on sentences. Add any words
that you need to make the paragraph understandable. Use a separate piece of
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Braille. A code of small raised dots on paper that can be read by touch.
Louis Braille, a 1S-year-old French student. At the National Institute for the
Blind in Paris. Developed this raised dot system in 1824. Braille worked out an
alphabet and numerals using this system he even figured out how to use the
rarsed dots to write music. Read this system by running their fingers over the
dots. Each Braille page has words written on both sides of the paper, dots on
one side do not interfere with the dots printed on the other side. This system
of writing for the blind. Named after Louis Braille.
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